When things started to go sideways in an AC Shadows stream, FightinCowboy dropped the hammer in a hurry—and then took time to explain why.
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The act of streaming means you’re using a megaphone. You’re deliberately and intentionally inviting the public.

“Using a megaphone” implies he was trying to push an agenda. Being a public figure/entertainer is not well described by the phrase “using a megaphone.”

He’s deliberately and intentionally inviting the public, yes… to be fucking entertained while he streams a video game. He’s not trying to teach them anything, or convince them of anything, or push an agenda.

He had people come into his stream and start talking racist shit and he shut it down. In no way does he have to put up with it just because he is a public figure.

I mean at the end of the day if you don’t want people to come at you with their shit takes you shouldn’t put your stuff out for the public to see. That is also a choice.

Do you even fucking hear yourself? Saying that being a public figure means you’re deliberately asking for harassment and abuse is fucking insane! What the fuck is wrong with you or anyone else who thinks it’s okay to hurl abuse at someone just because they’re a fucking public figure. And don’t fucking tell me you’re not saying it’s okay, but public figures should “expect it”. No. Full stop. Fuck that. By saying they should expect it you’re fucking normalizing it and saying it’s okay. That’s a choice you’re making, and it’s frankly disgusting.

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I want you to explain how you came the conclusion that I said this harassment was ok when I unequivocally and clearly said it wasn’t.

I already told you. You said the act of being a public figure means you are inviting harassment. If you don’t understand how this normalizes harassment, I don’t think there’s much else to say.

Do you read comments before you respond?

Allow me to quote myself where I a) showed that I read your comment, and b) anticipated your response:

And don’t fucking tell me you’re not saying it’s okay, but public figures should “expect it”. No. Full stop. Fuck that. By saying they should expect it you’re fucking normalizing it and saying it’s okay.

You can’t say public figures should expect harassment and are inviting it and then say people who harass them are not absolved. You are absolving them by saying it’s expected and invited.

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Already did, see above.

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You:

I mean at the end of the day if you don’t want people to come at you with their shit takes you shouldn’t put your stuff out for the public to see. That is also a choice.

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So a shit take is a public harassment?

In the context of the comment you were responding to? Yes!

Count your downvotes dude. Who is arguing in bad faith? I think you should take a second and go back and read the thread from the beginning from the mindset of someone who doesn’t know what’s going on in your head.

In case it isn’t clear, it sounds like you’re belittling harassment to what you want to call a “shit take”, and that you think that harassment is basically the fault of the harrassee for doing whatever they do in “public”. Maybe that isn’t what you meant, but to the rest of us, that’s what you said.

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